FY2025 Earnings Forecast for TXN Issued By Cantor Fitzgerald

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Texas Instruments in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, April 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse now anticipates that the semiconductor company will earn $5.50 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $5.25. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $170.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Texas Instruments' current full-year earnings is $5.35 per share.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.22. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 28.08% and a net margin of 30.68%. The company had revenue of $4.07 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.91 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.10 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on TXN. Benchmark lowered their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Barclays downgraded Texas Instruments from an "equal weight" rating to an "underweight" rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $180.00 to $125.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Mizuho set a $170.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Summit Insights cut Texas Instruments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $160.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $189.41.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

NASDAQ TXN traded down $0.72 during trading on Monday, hitting $160.05. The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,946,294 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,198,310. Texas Instruments has a 52 week low of $139.95 and a 52 week high of $220.39. The firm has a market cap of $145.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.99. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $172.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $187.11. The company has a quick ratio of 2.88, a current ratio of 4.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

Institutional Trading of Texas Instruments

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fiduciary Alliance LLC lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 25.3% in the fourth quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC now owns 36,801 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $6,901,000 after buying an additional 7,424 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 73.7% in the 4th quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 8,739 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,639,000 after acquiring an additional 3,707 shares during the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 99,856 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $18,724,000 after acquiring an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter. Hamlin Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 9.2% in the 4th quarter. Hamlin Capital Management LLC now owns 871,623 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $163,438,000 after acquiring an additional 73,715 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in Texas Instruments by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,025,965 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,466,003,000 after acquiring an additional 55,690 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Janet F. Clark sold 6,065 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.62, for a total transaction of $1,234,955.30. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,202,353.92. This represents a 35.93 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 590 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.71, for a total transaction of $106,618.90. Following the sale, the director now owns 11,717 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,117,379.07. This represents a 4.79 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 297,655 shares of company stock valued at $59,841,304. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 30th will be given a $1.36 dividend. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 30th. Texas Instruments's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 103.23%.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Analog and Embedded Processing segments. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products.